After finally finding success in his stint with the Gators, head coach Billy Napier is regaining his swagger entering year ...

Billy Napier saw firsthand how the methods of Nick Saban turned Alabama into a powerhouse. Now he's bringing a smaller-scale version of that model to Louisiana and extending his late father's ...

Let’s give University of Louisiana-Lafayette football coach Billy Napier some benefit of the doubt and say that his intentions were probably good. It’s only his idea that was terrible.

The Ragin' Cajuns went 10-1, including a season-opening win over Iowa State, which finished as the Big 12’s runner-up. But Louisiana’s biggest victory is that Napier still calls Lafayette home.

Florida coach Billy Napier knows not what the future holds but takes solace from the past. Four years ago at Louisiana, Napier was in his first season with a 4-4 squad entering November. The Ragin&… ...

The Ragin' Cajuns went 10-1, including a season-opening win over Iowa State, which finished as the Big 12’s runner-up. But Louisiana’s biggest victory is that Napier still calls Lafayette home.

Napier, who has the Ragin’ Cajuns (7-1, 5-1 Sun Belt) ranked No. 25 after Saturday’s 38-10 win over South Alabama, was first on a Yahoo.com list of 12 candidates the Gamecocks “could be ...

LAFAYETTE, La. — Billy Napier is off on his own far down the sideline with his arms crossed while the stadium sits in fear, and he’s calm. Much calmer than his athletic director, Bryan Maggard ...

2. Billy Napier has turned around Louisiana’s offense In 2017, the year before Napier got to Louisiana, the Ragin’ Cajuns averaged 28.2 points per game and 5.78 yards per play.

Billy Napier sat in the parking lot of South Carolina State’s Oliver C. Dawson Stadium in his beat-up blue Honda Accord. He still drove an early ’90s model, but even in 2006, it did the job.

After top-ranked Alabama defeated Louisiana, 56-14, Saturday at Bryant-Denny Stadium, Ragin' Cajuns coach Billy Napier and a select group of his players met with the media.

— A pensive look paints Billy Napier’s face as the Louisiana football coach gazes out his office windows. The shortest question I ask him on this June day is the one that has him lost in thought.